Jesus, don't. The worst pint I've ever had in my life was Samuel Smith's 'Taddy Lager' in a pub in York (little place down by the Ouse, close to the bridge near the Aviva building - The King's something or other I think).

The temptation to dip my pint glass in the river to collect something more palatable to remove the taste of that foul brew from my mouth was almost overwhelming.

The Black Bull up Gallowgate. The Three Bulls Heads in Percy Street. Maybe the Strawb opposite St. James, although it seems to have gone all wine bar of late? The Beehive, The Blackie Boy and the Half moon in the Big Market but not the Pig & Whistle unless they have started making Dog in plastic bottles.

The Black Bull up Gallowgate. The Three Bulls Heads in Percy Street. Maybe the Strawb opposite St. James, although it seems to have gone all wine bar of late? The Beehive, The Blackie Boy and the Half moon in the Big Market but not the Pig & Whistle unless they have started making Dog in plastic bottles.

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Some memorable pub names there ID ... I have a memory being in the Blackie Boy the day Kennedy was shot .

I always reckoned you drank faster from a 1/2 pint glass anyway ... but it did give a bit of class when you graduated to real Brown Ale .... until you walked outside the pub and the fresh air hit you ... then you hit the ground ... well I normally did .

Jesus, don't. The worst pint I've ever had in my life was Samuel Smith's 'Taddy Lager' in a pub in York (little place down by the Ouse, close to the bridge near the Aviva building - The King's something or other I think).

The temptation to dip my pint glass in the river to collect something more palatable to remove the taste of that foul brew from my mouth was almost overwhelming.

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Really? I sup the "Alpine Brew" when I'm in that neck of the woods and it's nectar.

It`ll never taste the same. Change brewery, change water! Back in the dark ages I used to drink Trophy, (I was near Scunthorpe) moved to Bulford, Trophy was shite! They changed the brewery. Why do you think Guiness moved back to Dublin from London? I stick to real ale these days.

Once a............... always a............
But once a night is enough!